Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico - Mexico City, Mixquic and Morelos - Softcover

Andrade, Mary J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966587626 ISBN 13: 9780966587623

Publisher: La Oferta Review Newspaper, 2000

Synopsis

Of the 112 pages of this third book of this series, more than 120 color photographs illustrate the written description of the celebrations in Mexico City, Mixquic, and several towns of the state of Morelos, including Ocotepec, which is located almost inside of the beautiful city of Cuernavarca.

The buying of the objects in the tianguis (market). The preparation of the special dishes to be placed in the ofrenda, the ritual of the building of the altar, together with the vivid testimony of how strong is the influence of this pre-Hispanic tradition in the beliefs and lives of the people.

About this title

About the Author

In 1987, Mary J. Andrade started a journalistic research project in Janitzio, Michoacan, covering a different state of the Mexican Republic each year to gather information and to take photographs of a tradition that was originated during the pre-hispanic era, and after evolving through the centuries has become an important element of the Mexican spirit and culture, dedicating apart of their personal expression to the cult of the dead.

With the purpose of advancing in her knowledge of this tradition, Mary Andrade travels at the end of October each year to different parts of Mexico, where she has interviewed inhabitants, anthropologists, and personalities with a knowledge about the way the day of the dead is celebrated in their own communities. Through personal observations she has been able to establish differences between towns such as Janitzio in Michoacan and Ocotlan de Osorio in Puebla; and to note similarities among the cities of Mexico, Puebla, and Tlaxcala, as cultural organizations promote altar contests in every economical and social level of these three cities. Above all she has been able to perceive the deep respect towards this centuries old tradition, equally manifested in small villages and large cities.

From the Back Cover

This book narrates the celebration of one of the most beautiful pre-Hispanic traditions of Mexico. Color photographs illustrate the preparations and the buying of items at the tianguis (markets), to be used in the altars with the ofrendas (offerings) in homage to the souls of the dead, including the vigil in the cemeteries.
Este libro narra la celebración de una de las tradiciones prehispánicas más hermosas de México, por su significado espiritual. Fotografías a color ilustran los preparativos y la compra de objetos en los tianguis para elaborar los altares y hacer las ofrendas en homenaje a las almas de los fallecidos, así como la vigilia en los cementerios.

From the Inside Flap

In this third book of the series entitled Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico, Mary J. Andrade presents her finding on how this tradition is honored in Mexico City, Mixquic and several towns of the state of Morelos, including its capital: the City of Cuernavaca.

Edition details

• Publisher: La Oferta Review Newspaper
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966587626
• ISBN 13: 9780966587623
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 110